STORRS >> It'll essentially be the last big game of the season for UConn, and it "Otto" be a good one.

Seventh-ranked Georgetown, fresh off an impressive 57-46 win at Syracuse on Saturday, and conquering hero Otto Porter, who poured in 33 points against the Orange, invade Gampel Pavilion Wednesday night at 7 (espn2).

With just three more games to play after that and no postseason eligibility, the Huskies view this as a big one.

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"This is, I guess you could say, a championship game, in a sense," junior guard Shabazz Napier.

Of course, there are other factors at play. UConn (19-7, 9-5 Big East) has the chance to win its 20th game, something no one except maybe coach Kevin Ollie and his family thought the Huskies could accomplish back in October.

"It would mean a lot," said Napier. "We've been through so much, and not one day have we allowed excuses to overcome this team. We've continued to fight and be resilient."

A win over the Hoyas (21-4, 11-3 Big East) would also keep UConn's slim chances at a Big East regular season title alive. Georgetown currently sits atop the league standings, and the Huskies would still probably have to win out for any hopes of a shared title.

And, while Porter has likely sewn up Big East player of the year honors, two of the three prime candidates for coach of the year - UConn's Kevin Ollie and Georgetown's John Thompson III - will be on opposing sidelines.

Ollie, however, isn't worrying about any of that.

"It's just a great opportunity for us to display what we've been trying to build on throughout this year," he said. "It'll be another statement for us, if we come out with a win."

It won't be easy. Leading the charge is Porter, who became the first player this season to win consecutive Big East player of the week honors.

"He's just a great player," said Ollie. "He's a typical wing player, can put it on the floor, can shoot at a high rate ... long, gets offensive rebounds, can go down on the block. Anything else I missed?"

Ollie wouldn't tip his hand as to who'd guard Porter, noting only that it'll be a group effort.

"Just like our guards," he pointed out. "They don't put one guy on Shabazz or one guy on Ryan (Boatright) ... Otto's gonna be a concentrated effort by all five of our guys in the paint, loading up, making sure he's not on his sweet spots, distorting his catches, and making sure he sees a lot of UConn players and not getting a lot of easy buckets in transition."

The likely candidate to start off on Porter, at least, would be 6-8 sophomore DeAndre Daniels. If that's the case, Napier feels the Huskies are in good hands.

"DeAndre always comes up big in games where we need him to come up big," he said.

RIM RATTLINGS: Less than 300 tickets were still available for the game as of late Tuesday afternoon, according to a UConn spokesman.

The UConn athletics department and office of environmental policy will host a Green Game Day on Wednesday night. As part of the event, fans are encouraged to bring any lightly-used sneakers to donate for reuse - especially children's shoes. These shoes will go to Kicks for Africa, a UConn student-run organization whose mission is to donate lightly-used shoes to less fortunate children in Africa. The shoes will be collected at all entrances as fans enter the game.